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The paper tries to shed some light on the problems of centralization and decentralization within an economic union and … the federal member states. Integration and decentralization are not opposite policy strategies but both meaningful if the …
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series of arguments that decentralization of governments enhances growth by improving allocation efficiency. However, the … there might be a threshold level of economic development below which decentralization is not effective. Developing and … transition countries have developed a variety of forms of fiscal decentralization as a possible strategy to achieve effective and …
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series of arguments that decentralization of governments enhances growth by improving allocation efficiency. However, the … there might be a threshold level of economic development below which decentralization is not effective. Developing and … transition countries have developed a variety of forms of fiscal decentralization as a possible strategy to achieve effective and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449072
This work consists of two parts. In the first part I analyze the influence of personal mobility on the citizens' willingness to run for a political office in their municipality and on the resulting local policy outcome. The model portrays heterogeneous policy preferences that are coupled with...
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It has not been conclusively determined how fiscal decentralization affects the size and structure of public … decentralization on public expenditures is examined. Second, it is analyzed how fiscal decentralization affects the incentives of … decentralization on the level of public expenditures depends on the ideology of the central government. Moreover, the extent of sub …
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: classical decentralization or centralization (based on jurisdictions containing voters both with and without preferences for the … classical decentralization or decentralized single issue authorities achieve the best results under most conditions. The …
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This paper gives a review on the theoretical foundation for fiscal decentralisation and a status quo analysis of the intergovernmental relations in Mongolia. It consists of two parts. Part I briefly reviews the theories of fiscal decentralisation and its impact on the nations’ welfare...
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Fiscal federalism theory seeks to establish the optimal organization of a government, confined by certain geographic boundaries. The implications of that theory for the monetary unification process are shortly inquired. The literature measuring the redistribution and stabilization effects of the...
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The majority of the literature on fiscal decentralization has tended to stress that the greater capacity of … level of fiscal decentralization and economic growth rates across 16 Central and Eastern European countries over the 1990 … out of three fiscal decentralization indicators included in the analysis and economic growth. However, the use of …
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decentralization of public health and education is almost complete, and the different regions have adopted quite distinct approaches as …
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